Google Navigation for Flutter (Beta) #

Description #

This repository contains a Flutter plugin that provides a Google Navigation widget to Flutter apps targeting Android and iOS.

Requirements #

• A Flutter project
• A Google Cloud project
  • If you are a Mobility Services developer, you must contact Sales as described in Mobility services documentation.
  • If you are not a Mobility Services developer, refer to Setup Google Cloud Project for instructions.
• An API key from the project above
  • The API key must be configured for both Android and iOS. Refer to Android Using Api Keys and iOS Using Api Keys respectively for instructions.
• If targeting Android, Google Play Services installed and enabled and minimum Kotlin version 2.0
• Attributions and licensing text added to your app

Installation #

1. To add the Google Navigation for Flutter package to your project, use the command:

flutter pub add google_navigation_flutter

2. Set the minimum platform version for the platform(s) targeted by your app.

   Android #

   Set the minSdkVersion in android/app/build.gradle:

   android {
       defaultConfig {
           minSdkVersion 23
       }
   }
   

   iOS #

   1. Open the ios/Podfile config file in your preferred IDE.
   2. Add the following lines to the beginning of this Podfile:

     # Set platform to 15.0 to enable latest Google Maps SDK
     platform :ios, '15.0'
   

3. Add your API key to the Flutter project using these instructions for the corresponding Android (build.gradle) and iOS (AppDelegate.swift) files. The instructions for this step in the google_maps_flutter package documentation apply to the google_navigation_flutter package as well.

See the example configuration for Secrets Gradle Plugin in the example app's build.gradle file. To securely load your API key, use the Secrets Gradle Plugin. This plugin helps manage API keys without exposing them in your app's source code.

For more details, see Google Navigation SDK Documentation.

Usage #

You can now add a GoogleMapsNavigationView widget to your widget tree.

The view can be controlled with the GoogleNavigationViewController that is passed to via onViewCreated callback.

The GoogleMapsNavigationView widget should be used within a widget with a bounded size. Using it in an unbounded widget will cause the application to throw a Flutter exception.

You can also add a bare GoogleMapsMapView that works as a normal map view without navigation functionality.

Add a navigation view #

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:google_navigation_flutter/google_navigation_flutter.dart';

class NavigationSample extends StatefulWidget {
  const NavigationSample({super.key});

  @override
  State<NavigationSample> createState() => _NavigationSampleState();
}

class _NavigationSampleState extends State<NavigationSample> {
  GoogleNavigationViewController? _navigationViewController;
  bool _navigationSessionInitialized = false;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _initializeNavigationSession();
  }

  Future<void> _initializeNavigationSession() async {
    if (!await GoogleMapsNavigator.areTermsAccepted()) {
      await GoogleMapsNavigator.showTermsAndConditionsDialog(
        'Example title',
        'Example company',
      );
    }
    // Note: make sure user has also granted location permissions before starting navigation session.
    await GoogleMapsNavigator.initializeNavigationSession();
    setState(() {
      _navigationSessionInitialized = true;
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('Google Maps Navigation Sample')),
      body: _navigationSessionInitialized
          ? GoogleMapsNavigationView(
              onViewCreated: _onViewCreated,
              initialNavigationUIEnabledPreference: NavigationUIEnabledPreference.disabled,
              // Other view initialization settings
            )
          : const Center(child: CircularProgressIndicator()),
    );
  }

  void _onViewCreated(GoogleNavigationViewController controller) {
    _navigationViewController = controller;
    controller.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
    // Additional setup can be added here.
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    if (_navigationSessionInitialized) {
      GoogleMapsNavigator.cleanup();
    }
    super.dispose();
  }
}

Add a map view #

@override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('Google Maps Navigation Sample')),
      body: _navigationSessionInitialized
          ? GoogleMapsMapView(
              onViewCreated: _onViewCreated,
              initialCameraPosition: CameraPosition(
                // Initialize map to user location.
                target: _userLocation!,
                zoom: 15,
              ),
              // Other view initialization settings
            )
          : const Center(child: CircularProgressIndicator()),
    );
  }

See the example directory for a complete navigation sample app.

Requesting and handling permissions #

The Google Navigation SDK Flutter plugin offers functionalities that necessitate specific permissions from the mobile operating system. These include, but are not limited to, location services, background execution, and receiving background location updates.

You can see example of handling permissions in the main.dart file of the example application:

PermissionStatus _locationPermissionStatus = PermissionStatus.denied;

// ...

/// Request permission for accessing the device's location.
///
/// Android: Fine and Coarse Location
/// iOS: CoreLocation (Always and WhenInUse)
Future<void> _requestLocationPermission() async {
  final PermissionStatus status = await Permission.location.request();

  setState(() {
    _locationPermissionStatus = status;
  });
}

// ...

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  _requestLocationPermission();
  ...
}

Contributing #

See the Contributing guide.

Terms of Service #

This library uses Google Maps Platform services. Use of Google Maps Platform services through this library is subject to the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service.

This library is not a Google Maps Platform Core Service. Therefore, the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service (e.g. Technical Support Services, Service Level Agreements, and Deprecation Policy) do not apply to the code in this library.

Support #

This package is offered via an open source license. It is not governed by the Google Maps Platform Support Technical Support Services Guidelines, the SLA, or the Deprecation Policy (however, any Google Maps Platform services used by the library remain subject to the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service).

This package adheres to semantic versioning to indicate when backwards-incompatible changes are introduced. Accordingly, while the library is in version 0.x, backwards-incompatible changes may be introduced at any time.

If you find a bug, or have a feature request, please file an issue on GitHub. If you would like to get answers to technical questions from other Google Maps Platform developers, ask through one of our developer community channels. If you'd like to contribute, please check the Contributing guide.